Mkia wa Ng'ombe

Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins (Magofu ya mji wa Kale wa Mkia wa Ng'ombe in Swahili ) is a protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The settlement was established around the 15th CE and abandoned in the 16th century. There are ruins of a mosque, tombs and some stone buildings. The site is critically endangered to further erosion.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins

Shown within Tanzania
Location	Micheweni District, Pemba North Region,  Tanzania
Coordinates	4°57′6.84″S 39°41′16.08″E
Type	Settlement
History
Material	Coral rag
Founded	12th century CE
Abandoned	15th century CE
Cultures	Swahili
Site notes
Condition	Endangered
Ownership	Tanzanian Government
Management	Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Architecture
Architectural styles	Swahili & Islamic
National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Official name	Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins Historic Site
Type	Cultural

See also

• Historic Swahili Settlements
• Archaeology of Pemba Island

References

1. "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
2. Spear, Thomas (2000). "Early Swahili History Reconsidered". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 33 (2): 257–290. doi:10.2307/220649. JSTOR 220649.
3. Kessy, Emmanuel T. (August 1992). The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar (Thesis).
4. Zhao, Bing (2012). "Global Trade and Swahili Cosmopolitan Material Culture: Chinese-Style Ceramic Shards from Sanje ya Kati and Songo Mnara (Kilwa, Tanzania)". Journal of World History. 23 (1): 41–85. doi:10.1353/jwh.2012.0018. JSTOR 41508051. S2CID 144646037. Project MUSE 479014.
5. Fleisher, Jeffrey B. (2010). "Swahili Synoecism: Rural Settlements and Town Formation on the Central East African Coast, A.D. 750–1500". Journal of Field Archaeology. 35 (3): 265–282. doi:10.1179/009346910X12707321358919. JSTOR 24406708. S2CID 140142071.
6. Ingrams, W. H. (1967). Zanzibar: Its History and Its People. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7146-1102-0. JSTOR al.ch.document.puhc025.